CEO of Personal Capital sees investors choosing new options over the old due to fee transparency, focus on customer's best interests
If the presidential candidate believes long-term capital gains should be rewarded because they will spur economic growth, she should seek to lower rates, not raise them.
Top analysts in the sector see a bear market as investors pumped $10.5 billion into energy funds over the last year.
New research finds the firm that Bill Gross built, then left, lost some favor with advisers over the last year. <i>(Don't miss the <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150720/FREE/720009999/PH" target="_blank">Top 10 most trusted mutual fund companies</a>.)</i>
Top managers from First Allied and J.P. Turner have left the sprawling Cetera Financial Group broker-dealer network, with 9,600 registered reps and financial advisers. Whether the exits are part of a broader reorganization is unclear.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> We all know a rate hike is coming, and ignoring it is not a plan &mdash; so the time is now to look at bond allocations.
Many insurers factor marital status into pricing, a new study finds.
Owing money can be both deadly and lucrative. Here's how to tell the difference.
While not for everyone, Americans need a better understanding of annuities and other products that can provide them with steady income in retirement.
Polish your letter-writing skills and start kissing up to the sellers. Pie, anyone?
Chief executive Mark Casady says the firm has "couple things left to go" before enforcement actions resolved.
With Janet Yellen widely expected to hold policy steady at this week's meeting, Fed watchers looking to the central bank's statement on Wednesday for clues on liftoff.
If your firm doesn't offer alternatives to face-to-face meetings, now is the time to draw up a game plan.
As investors hunt for yield and security, money-market fund managers detail their changes.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Crashing commodity prices are real, and the result might be another delay to the Fed's rate hike.
Number of cases and size of firms involved continues to fall but that doesn't necessarily mean there is less fraud
Voya Financial Advisors has restricted sales of variable annuities for the second time in two months, as the brokerage firm faces increased pressure from regulators questioning the suitability of the products for retirement savers.
Standard advice leaves many Americans underinsured and unprepared for retirement.
From movie posters and Hermes Birkin handbags to Apple 1 computers and Nobel Prize medals, these tangible alternative investments score big.
The popular retirement vehicle has several advantages over a traditional 529 plan in many cases.
